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South Belton MS

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 682 students

Current score
66/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−14.7 ptsvs 80.7 average · 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,793 of 1,925tied with 24 others
D66

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 64 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80.7 average for 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

12.9% −3.1 pts vs 16%

  • 12.9% is 3.1 percentage points lower than the 16% average among 1,867 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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South Belton MS is rated D by TEA, scoring 66 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.7 average for 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,793rd of 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 24 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: Economically Disadvantaged, English Learners, Special Education, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 0

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Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
24.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
2.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSouth Belton MS 6557726066 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated Not Rated with 64 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26D6680.7 1,925 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6080.5 1,902 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7278.5 1,880 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5779.1 1,847 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6582.5 1,822 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement67 D−12.2 vs similar economic context · 1,841 reporting
  • School Progress64 D−17.3 vs similar economic context · 1,834 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps64 D−13.9 vs similar economic context · 1,817 reporting
  • Academic Growth64 D−10.4 vs similar economic context · 1,781 reporting
  • Relative Performance60 D−19.5 vs similar economic context · 1,834 reporting
  • South Belton MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,925 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement67D3
School Progress64D6
Closing the Gaps64D6
Academic Growth64D6
Relative Performance60D10

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 3 points below C in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (67), so School Progress (64) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 67.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level60%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,838 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,838 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,838 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level55%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,830 reporting
  • Meets grade level28%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,830 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,830 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level47%−29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 932 reporting
  • Meets grade level21%−27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 932 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 932 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,925 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
682
Economically disadvantaged
60.4%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
18.3%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
28.2%+9.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.9%−3.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

South Belton MS

African American: 7.9%Hispanic: 54.5%White: 28.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.7%Two or More Races: 7.2%
  • African American 7.9%
  • Hispanic 54.5%
  • White 28.3%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • Two or More Races 7.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 reporting for every category shown · 1,925 in full cohort

African American: 10.3%Hispanic: 48.3%White: 34.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 10.3%
  • Hispanic 48.3%
  • White 34.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
682
Economically disadvantaged students
412
Emergent bilingual students
125
Special education students
192

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
108
Students in TEA mobility denominator
720
TEA-published mobility rate
15%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 682 students in 2025–26, an increase of 15 (2.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
682

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+15

Increase · +2.2%

Change since 2021–22
+16

Increase · +2.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
682
Selected comparison
635.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for South Belton MS
School yearStudents enrolledSouth Belton MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 666 First available year 643.7
2022–23 677 Increase of 11 (1.7%) 648.1
2023–24 660 Decrease of 17 (2.5%) 646.8
2024–25 667 Increase of 7 (1.1%) 643.9
2025–26 682 Increase of 15 (2.2%) 635.6

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
118

16.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
307

43.06 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
713

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
16.6%
Selected comparison
12.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,469 rated schools reporting

+4.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
43.06
Selected comparison
28.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,590 rated schools reporting

+14.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for South Belton MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 675 131 19.4% 325 48.15 9.6% 18.8
2021–22 725 211 29.1% 657 90.62 12.5% 28.6
2022–23 726 149 20.5% 368 50.69 13.0% 30.5
2023–24 718 98 13.7% 262 36.49 12.9% 30.3
2024–25 713 118 16.6% 307 43.06 12.6% 28.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for South Belton MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 118 16.6% 307 43.06 12.6% 28.7
In-school suspensions 114 16.0% 247 34.64 11.4% 22.2
Out-of-school suspensions 19 2.7% 27 3.79 6.7% 9.7
DAEP placements 21 3.0% 26 3.65 4.9% 5.8
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • South Belton MS
  • Parent district: Belton ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,744
Selected comparison
$12,480

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 rated schools reporting

−$2,736 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,744 per student for this campus, $15,078 per student for its parent district, Belton ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearSouth Belton MSParent district: Belton ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,326$12,852$13,054$7,925 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,756 rated schools reporting
2019$7,610$16,678$13,108$8,067 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,774 rated schools reporting
2020$8,247$15,144$14,058$8,680 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,792 rated schools reporting
2021$10,064$13,397$14,797$9,096 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,805 rated schools reporting
2022$9,423$13,081$15,708$10,437 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,823 rated schools reporting
2023$8,975$16,763$16,792$11,106 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 rated schools reporting
2024$10,410$21,002$18,125$11,937 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 rated schools reporting
2025$9,744$15,078$18,972$12,480 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$60,612−$5,823 vs similar economic context
Teachers
58+15.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.8−7.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

South Belton MS

Beginning: 8.1%1 to 5 years: 43.3%6 to 10 years: 24.2%11 to 20 years: 15.2%21 to 30 years: 9%
  • Beginning 8.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 43.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 24.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 15.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 reporting for every category shown · 1,925 in full cohort

Beginning: 6%1 to 5 years: 25.4%6 to 10 years: 19.2%11 to 20 years: 28.3%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 6%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for South Belton MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSouth Belton MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 616.417.6
Secondary English12.714.9
Secondary languages other than English22.317.2
Secondary math19.215.7
Secondary science21.917.2
Secondary social studies1917.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 014903044.